US8915047B2 - Beverage bottle closing machine being configured and disposed to close tops of filled beverage bottles with screw-type and other caps - Google Patents

Beverage bottle closing machine being configured and disposed to close tops of filled beverage bottles with screw-type and other caps Download PDF

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US8915047B2
US8915047B2 US12/791,473 US79147310A US8915047B2 US 8915047 B2 US8915047 B2 US 8915047B2 US 79147310 A US79147310 A US 79147310A US 8915047 B2 US8915047 B2 US 8915047B2
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    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
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    • B67B3/02—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying flanged caps, e.g. crown caps, and securing by deformation of flanges
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    • B67B3/12—Capping heads for securing caps characterised by being movable axially relative to cap to deform flanges thereof, e.g. to press projecting flange rims inwardly
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B3/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B3/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
    • B67B3/20—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying and rotating preformed threaded caps
    • B67B3/2013—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying and rotating preformed threaded caps by carousel-type capping machines
    • B67B3/2033—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying and rotating preformed threaded caps by carousel-type capping machines comprising carousel co-rotating capping heads
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B3/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
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  • the present application relates to a beverage bottle closing machine being configured and disposed to close tops of filled beverage bottles with screw-type and other caps.
  • the applying of the respective closure is effected by way of a closure element or closure cone, in which the bottle closure is held until it is applied onto the bottle and which is rotatingly driveable by means of a drive for applying the closure onto the bottle or for the screw-connecting process.
  • Some closing machines that is to say screw-type closing machines and also (crown) cap closing machines, have, on a rotor that is rotatingly driveable about a vertical, substantially vertical, or essentially vertical machine axis, a plurality of closing positions each with a closing tool and with a bottle or container support, which, with the rotor rotating, is moveable up and down in a controlled manner by means of a lifting cam for bringing together the respective bottle and the closing tool before the closing operation and for separating the closed bottle and the closing tool.
  • the loading of the bottles during the screw-connecting operation is achieved in the case of some closing machines, for example, by raising the bottle support.
  • the container to be closed remains on a vertical, substantially vertical, or essentially vertical plane, whereas the closing cone carries out the desired movements in the vertical, substantially vertical, or essentially vertical plane or in the vertical, substantially vertical, or essentially vertical direction.
  • both the container and the closing cone carry out a part of the desired movements in the vertical, substantially vertical, or essentially vertical plane.
  • Some closing machines close containers by a closure, for example a crown cap, being deformed in a malleable manner by means of a targeted application of force, thereby closing the container to be closed.
  • a closure for example a crown cap
  • desired movements are realized in the vertical, substantially vertical, or essentially vertical plane by means of a combination between a usually fixed lifting cam and touching elements, which slide or roll off the lifting cam and pick up the substantially vertical, or essentially vertical movement of the lifting cam and transmit it to the components moving in the vertical, substantially vertical, or essentially vertical plane.
  • a limitation of these types of lifting cam drives is that once they have been manufactured they cannot be changed in a flexible manner, which means that even the smallest changes in the desired course of movement in the vertical, substantially vertical, or essentially vertical plane make the production of a new lifting cam desired.
  • lifting cams wear relatively quickly and consequently have to be replaced after a certain number of operating hours.
  • the lifting cams usually, are also located in the substructure of the closing machine, a replacement is very complicated and costly, which is also undesirable in practice.
  • the present application relates to a closing machine for closing bottles or similar containers with closures.
  • the closing machine comprises a plurality of closing stations that are formed at the periphery of a rotor that is driveable in a rotating manner about a machine axis.
  • the closing machine also comprises a container support and a closing tool, wherein, for accomplishing the vertical, substantially vertical, or essentially vertical movements desired for the closing operation, a separate, controlled or regulated drive motor is located at each closing station.
  • the present application provides the embodiment of closing machines where the limitations of some lifting cam drives are minimized.
  • the application of a controlled or regulated drive for realizing the desired vertical, substantially vertical, or essentially vertical movements is proposed.
  • a corresponding closing machine disclosed in the present application is a machine for closing bottles or similar containers with closures.
  • the closing machine comprises a plurality of closing stations that are formed at the periphery of a rotor that is driveable in a rotating manner about a machine axis.
  • the closing machine also comprises a container support and a closing tool, wherein a separate, controlled or regulated drive motor for accomplishing the vertical movements necessary for the closing operation is located at each closing station.
  • inventions or “embodiment of the invention”
  • word “invention” or “embodiment of the invention” includes “inventions” or “embodiments of the invention”, that is the plural of “invention” or “embodiment of the invention”.
  • inventions or “embodiment of the invention”
  • the Applicant does not in any way admit that the present application does not include more than one patentably and non-obviously distinct invention, and maintains that this application may include more than one patentably and non-obviously distinct invention.
  • the Applicant hereby asserts that the disclosure of this application may include more than one invention, and, in the event that there is more than one invention, that these inventions may be patentable and non-obvious one with respect to the other.
  • FIG. 1 shows a closing machine corresponding to the prior art
  • FIG. 2 shows a component drawing and partial section of one of the closing stations of a closing machine according to the present application, said closing machine designed to use screw-type closures;
  • FIG. 3 shows a component drawing and part section of one of the closing stations of a closing machine according to the present application, said closing machine designed to use (crown) caps;
  • FIG. 4 shows a partial representation of a top view of a further development of the present application where linear drives are used
  • FIG. 5 shows a general layout drawing of a possible arrangement of magnets with different polarity
  • FIG. 6 shows schematically the main components of one possible embodiment example of a system for filling containers, for example, a beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with at least one liquid beverage, in accordance with at least one possible embodiment, in which system or plant could possibly be utilized at least one aspect, or several aspects, of the embodiments disclosed herein.
  • FIG. 1 A closing machine corresponding to the prior art is represented in FIG. 1 .
  • the container 1 to be closed in the example represented a bottle with a neck ring and a screw-type closure, is situated directly below the closing cone 2 .
  • the container 1 to be closed is secured at a lifting rod 3 , which is moveable in the vertical, substantially vertical, or essentially vertical direction and which, by means of a roller 4 , abuts in a permanent or virtually permanent manner under initial spring tension against the lifting cam 5 .
  • the container 1 to be closed and rotating about the machine axis MA follows the vertical, substantially vertical, or essentially vertical course of the bearing surface of the lifting cam 5 .
  • a screw-type spindle 6 which is driven by a controlled or regulated drive motor 7 , is provided for closing the container 1 .
  • controlled or regulated drive motor may possibly refer to such a drive motor where it is possible to control or regulate the speed of the drive motor, the angle of rotation of the drive motor, the overall angle of rotation of the drive motor, the torque of the drive motor, the angular acceleration of the drive motor, and the angular deceleration of the drive motor, amongst other things.
  • controlled or regulated drive motors may comprise, for example, servo motors or stepping motors.
  • FIG. 2 shows a closing machine according to the present application that is designed to use screw-type closures.
  • the lifting cam drive which can be seen in FIG. 1 , for the vertical, substantially vertical, or essentially vertical movements has been replaced, corresponding to the teaching of the present application, by a controlled or regulated drive motor 7 , in at least one possible embodiment, provided separately for each closing station with associated movement member, for example a threaded spindle 8 .
  • a belt drive and/or a rack-and-pinion drive may possibly be used in at least one embodiment.
  • Each drive motor 7 is, in at least one possible embodiment of the present application, provided with a rotary encoder or a position measuring means for the lift movement.
  • the present application makes it possible to develop the vertical, substantially vertical, or essentially vertical movements desired for the closing operation, that is to say the screw-type closing operation or also the crown cap closing operation, in a freely programmable manner.
  • the individual closing stations rotate with the closing machine about the machine axis MA, the container mouth and/or the closure cone or closing tool having to assume other vertical, substantially vertical, or essentially vertical positions during a cycle about the machine axis MA in dependence on the current angular position within a cycle.
  • This desired movement profile is deposited in the machine control means for every application to be expected and can be called on there by the machine operator, thereby essentially completing the changeover to the new conditions or circumstances.
  • FIG. 3 shows a closing machine according to the present application, designed to use (crown) caps. Contrary to the possible embodiment in FIG. 2 , this case deals with a closing machine where the container 1 is closed by means of a closure that is to be deformed in a malleable manner, for example a crown cap 9 .
  • the realizing of the vertical, substantially vertical, or essentially vertical movement of the closing ram 10 is provided by means of a controlled or regulated drive motor 7 in conjunction with a suitable linear movement member, for example a threaded spindle 8 .
  • FIG. 4 shows another possible embodiment of the present application.
  • linear motors are used for the lifting and/or rotational movement at each closing station.
  • Such types of linear motors or traveling-field machines are sufficiently known to the expert so that the aspects relevant to the present application need to be explained in more detail at this point.
  • Linear motors usually comprise a fixed stator that includes the exciting windings and by a moveable armature.
  • the moveable armature is able to carry out rotational movements and/or translatory movements.
  • the screw-type spindle 8 of a screw-type closing machine, or the closing ram 10 of a (crown) cap is realized as an armature.
  • screw-type spindles 6 or closing rams 10 are designed such that they have the desired magnets 13 as are desired to generate the linear and/or rotational movements.
  • a stator 11 is located at the periphery of a screw-type spindle 6 to generate a rotational movement.
  • a suitable arrangement and actuation of the exciting windings that are included in said stator it is possible to generate the desired rotational movements.
  • a further stator 12 is located at the periphery of the screw-type spindle 6 to generate a linear movement.
  • the additional stator works, for example, on magnets inside or at the periphery of the screw-type spindle 6 , which have different polarity or orientation in the vertical, substantially vertical, or essentially vertical direction.
  • the teaching of the present application also extends to such developments where the desired vertical, substantially vertical, or essentially vertical movements are carried out at least partially by the container 1 and/or at least partially by the screw-type spindle 6 and/or at least partially by the closing ram 10 .
  • FIG. 6 shows schematically the main components of one possible embodiment example of a system for filling containers, specifically, a beverage bottling plant for filling bottles 130 with at least one liquid beverage, in accordance with at least one possible embodiment, in which system or plant could possibly be utilized at least one aspect, or several aspects, of the embodiments disclosed herein.
  • FIG. 6 shows a rinsing arrangement or rinsing station 101 , to which the containers, namely bottles 130 , are fed in the direction of travel as indicated by the arrow 131 , by a first conveyer arrangement 103 , which can be a linear conveyor or a combination of a linear conveyor and a starwheel.
  • a first conveyer arrangement 103 which can be a linear conveyor or a combination of a linear conveyor and a starwheel.
  • the rinsed bottles 130 are transported to a beverage filling machine 105 by a second conveyer arrangement 104 that is formed, for example, by one or more starwheels that introduce bottles 130 into the beverage filling machine 105 .
  • the beverage filling machine 105 shown is of a revolving or rotary design, with a rotor 105 ′, which revolves around a central, vertical machine axis.
  • the rotor 105 ′ is designed to receive and hold the bottles 130 for filling at a plurality of filling positions 113 located about the periphery of the rotor 105 ′.
  • a filling arrangement 114 having at least one filling device, element, apparatus, or valve.
  • the filling arrangements 114 are designed to introduce a predetermined volume or amount of liquid beverage into the interior of the bottles 130 to a predetermined or desired level.
  • the filling arrangements 114 receive the liquid beverage material from a toroidal or annular vessel 117 , in which a supply of liquid beverage material is stored under pressure by a gas.
  • the toroidal vessel 117 is a component, for example, of the revolving rotor 105 ′.
  • the toroidal vessel 117 can be connected by means of a rotary coupling or a coupling that permits rotation.
  • the toroidal vessel 117 is also connected to at least one external reservoir or supply of liquid beverage material by a conduit or supply line. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 6 , there are two external supply reservoirs 123 and 124 , each of which is configured to store either the same liquid beverage product or different products.
  • These reservoirs 123 , 124 are connected to the toroidal or annular vessel 117 by corresponding supply lines, conduits, or arrangements 121 and 122 .
  • the external supply reservoirs 123 , 124 could be in the form of simple storage tanks, or in the form of liquid beverage product mixers, in at least one possible embodiment.
  • each filling arrangement 114 could be connected by separate connections to each of the two toroidal vessels and have two individually-controllable fluid or control valves, so that in each bottle 130 , the first product or the second product can be filled by means of an appropriate control of the filling product or fluid valves.
  • a beverage bottle closing arrangement or closing station 106 Downstream of the beverage filling machine 105 , in the direction of travel of the bottles 130 , there can be a beverage bottle closing arrangement or closing station 106 which closes or caps the bottles 130 .
  • the beverage bottle closing arrangement or closing station 106 can be connected by a third conveyer arrangement 107 to a beverage bottle labeling arrangement or labeling station 108 .
  • the third conveyor arrangement may be formed, for example, by a plurality of starwheels, or may also include a linear conveyor device.
  • the beverage bottle labeling arrangement or labeling station 108 has at least one labeling unit, device, or module, for applying labels to bottles 130 .
  • the labeling arrangement 108 is connected by a starwheel conveyer structure to three output conveyer arrangements: a first output conveyer arrangement 109 , a second output conveyer arrangement 110 , and a third output conveyer arrangement 111 , all of which convey filled, closed, and labeled bottles 130 to different locations.
  • the first output conveyer arrangement 109 is designed to convey bottles 130 that are filled with a first type of liquid beverage supplied by, for example, the supply reservoir 123 .
  • the second output conveyer arrangement 110 in the embodiment shown, is designed to convey bottles 130 that are filled with a second type of liquid beverage supplied by, for example, the supply reservoir 124 .
  • the third output conveyer arrangement 111 in the embodiment shown, is designed to convey incorrectly labeled bottles 130 .
  • the labeling arrangement 108 can comprise at least one beverage bottle inspection or monitoring device that inspects or monitors the location of labels on the bottles 130 to determine if the labels have been correctly placed or aligned on the bottles 130 .
  • the third output conveyer arrangement 111 removes any bottles 130 which have been incorrectly labeled as determined by the inspecting device.
  • the beverage bottling plant can be controlled by a central control arrangement 112 , which could be, for example, computerized control system that monitors and controls the operation of the various stations and mechanisms of the beverage bottling plant.
  • the present application relates to a machine for closing bottles or similar containers with closures.
  • the closing machine comprises closing stations with a container carrier and a closing tool and formed at the circumference of a rotor that can be driven to rotate about a vertical, substantially vertical, or essentially vertical machine axis MA.
  • a separate, controlled drive motor is provided at each closing station for executing the vertical, substantially vertical, or essentially vertical movement desired for the closing process.
  • One feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in a machine for closing bottles or similar containers with closures, said machine having a plurality of closing stations that are formed at the periphery of a rotor that is driveable in a rotating manner about a machine axis MA, and having a container support and a closing tool, wherein for accomplishing the vertical, substantially vertical, or essentially vertical movements desired for the closing operation, a separate, controlled or regulated drive motor 7 is located at each closing station.
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the machine according to the present application, wherein the controlled or regulated drive motor 7 works on a threaded spindle 8 and/or a belt drive and/or a rack-and-pinion drive.
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the machine according to the present application, wherein the controlled or regulated drive motor 7 is a servo motor or stepping motor.
  • closing ram 10 is realized at least partially as a linearly-moving armature of a linear motor.
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the machine according to the present application, wherein the machine is a closing machine that is designed to use screw-type closures.
  • screw-type spindle 6 is realized at least partially as a linearly-moving armature of a linear motor and at least partially as a rotatingly-moving rotor of a linear motor.
  • beverage bottle closing machine being configured and disposed to close tops of filled beverage bottles with screw-type caps, in a beverage bottle filling plant
  • said beverage bottle closing machine comprising: a rotor; a rotatable vertical machine column; said rotor being connected to said vertical machine column to permit rotation of said rotor about said vertical machine column; a plurality of closing stations being disposed on the periphery of said rotor; each of said plurality of closing stations being configured and disposed to place screw-type caps on filled beverage bottles and close filled beverage bottles; each of said plurality of closing stations comprising: a closing tool being configured and disposed to place screw-type caps on filled beverage bottles and being configured to close filled beverage bottles; a container carrier being configured and disposed to receive and hold filled beverage bottles; a first threaded spindle being connected to said container carrier; said first threaded spindle being configured and disposed to vertically move said container carrier and a filled
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the beverage bottle closing machine, wherein: said first rotatable electric motor comprises a servo motor or stepping motor; and said second rotatable electric motor comprises a servo motor or stepping motor.
  • Another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the beverage bottle closing machine, wherein the vertical positions of a container mouth and/or said second threaded spindle of each of said plurality of closing stations during a cycle about said rotatable vertical machine column, in dependence on the current angular position inside a cycle, are deposited in the machine controlling means so as to be retrievable as a required movement profile.
  • a beverage bottle closing machine being configured and disposed to close tops of filled beverage bottles with screw-type caps, in a beverage bottle filling plant
  • said beverage bottle closing machine comprising: a rotor; a rotatable vertical machine column; said rotor being connected to said vertical machine column to permit rotation of said rotor about said vertical machine column; a plurality of closing stations being disposed on the periphery of said rotor; each of said plurality of closing stations being configured and disposed to place screw-type caps on filled beverage bottles and close filled beverage bottles; each of said plurality of closing stations comprising: a closing tool being configured and disposed to place screw-type caps on filled beverage bottles and being configured to close filled beverage bottles; a container carrier being configured and disposed to receive and hold filled beverage bottles; a first threaded rotatable spindle being connected to said container carrier; said first threaded rotatable spindle being configured and disposed to vertically move
  • stepping motors that may possibly be utilized or possibly adapted for use in at least one possible embodiment of the present application may possibly be found in the following U.S. Pat. No. 6,348,774 issued to Andersen et al. on Feb. 19, 2002; U.S. Pat. No. 6,373,209 issued to Gerber et al. on Apr. 16, 2002; U.S. Pat. No. 6,424,061 issued to Fukuda et al. on Jul. 23, 2002; U.S. Pat. No. 6,509,663 issued to Aoun on Jan. 21, 2003; U.S. Pat. No. 6,548,923 to Ohnishi et al. on Apr. 15, 2003; and U.S. Pat. No. 6,661,193 issued to Tsai on Dec. 9, 2003.
  • servo-motors that may possibly be utilized or possibly adapted for use in at least one possible embodiment of the present application may possibly be found in the following U.S. Pat. No. 4,050,434 issued to Zbikowski et al. on Sep. 27, 1977; U.S. Pat. No. 4,365,538 issued to Andoh on Dec. 28, 1982; U.S. Pat. No. 4,550,626 issued to Brouter on Nov. 5, 1985; U.S. Pat. No. 4,760,699 issued to Jacobsen et al. on Aug. 2, 1988; U.S. Pat. No. 5,076,568 issued to de Jong et al. on Dec. 31, 1991; and U.S. Pat. No. 6,025,684 issued to Yasui on Feb. 15, 2000.
  • lifting devices that may possibly be utilized or possibly adapted for use in at least one possible embodiment of the present application may possibly be found in the following patent publications: U.S. Pat. No. 2,535,272 issued to Detrez on Dec. 26, 1950; U.S. Pat. No. 2,642,214 issued to Lippold on Jun. 16, 1953; German Utility Model No. DE-GM 1,923,261 issued on Sep. 9, 1965; German Laid Open Patent Application No. DE-OS 1,532,586 published on Oct. 2, 1969; British Patent No. 1,188,888 issued Apr. 22, 1970; German Laid Open Patent Application No. DE-OS 26 52 910 published on May 24, 1978; German Patent No. DE-PS 26 52 918 issued on Oct. 26, 1978; German Utility Model No. DE-GM 83 04 995 issued on Dec. 22, 1983; German Patent No. DE-PS 26 30 100 issued on Dec. 3, 1981; and German Laid Open Patent Application No. DE-OS 195 45 080 published on Jun. 5, 1997.
  • linear drives that may possibly be utilized or possibly adapted for use in at least one possible embodiment of the present application may possibly be found in the following U.S. Pat. No. 7,649,285 issued to Ueda on Jan. 19, 2010; No. D596,652 issued to Roither, et al. on Jul. 21, 2009; U.S. Pat. No. 7,528,561 issued to Kawai, et al. on May 5, 2009; U.S. Pat. No. 6,992,408 issued to Finkbeiner, et al. on Jan. 31, 2006; U.S. Pat. No. 7,064,464 issued to Ickinger on Jun. 20, 2006; and U.S. Pat. No. 7,055,423 issued to Stoll, et al. on Jun. 6, 2006.
  • Some examples of heat sealing machines which may possibly be utilized or possibly adapted for use in at least one possible embodiment of the present application, may possibly be found in the following U.S. Pat. No. 7,528,352, having the title “INDUCTION SEALER SYSTEM WITH TEMPERATURE SENSOR,” published on May 5, 2009; U.S. Pat. No. 7,065,941, having the title “INDUCTION FOIL CAP SEALER,” published on Jun. 27, 2006; U.S. Pat. No. 5,432,437, having the title “EXPOSURE METER FOR USE WITH INDUCTION HEAT SEALING OF CONTAINERS,” published on Jul. 11, 1995; U.S. Pat. No.

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